armani/5th ave

Armani/5th Avenue.
Designed by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects

Giorgio Armani's lavishly fresh concept store. Forget Milan.
Opened 2.18.09 in New York on none other than 5th Avenue.
The meticulously conceived steel staircase.
Four floors, 43,000 sq feet, encased in glass.
Ranging from Armani jeans, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani collections.
Underwear, swimwear, fragrances, denim, gowns, suits.
Even $95 cellular phone key chains.
Progressively more & more refined as you escalate to Armani heaven.

Seriously?
Fuck me fa-bu-lous.

"A really exciting challenge – that is how I would describe our new concept store, Armani/5th Avenue in New York. It is a special project requiring a degree of courage, as it brings together in one-space different elements such as Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani side by side with Giorgio Armani. I was determined to send out a clear message of change, interpreting the current trend for mixing genres, juxtaposing items in different price brackets. You could say that this is a provocative move – uniting in the same place and with the same furnishings, without visible boundaries, the various collections that combine to form the entire Armani universe.


This freedom of expression defines for me the spirit of Fifth Avenue: a prestigious shopping destination, of course, but one that is less exclusive in character than comparable addresses, with a democratic mood which I am certain represents the future. I worked on the creation of this store with Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas, whose hugely respected architectural practice is known for bringing a precisely judged sense of glamour to clothing stores.

This is the third project we have jointly accomplished, following on from Armani/Chater House in Hong Kong and Armani/Ginza Tower in Tokyo, and significantly all three offer totally distinctive environments, each different from the other, because I contend that identical retail spaces, monolithic and repetitive, belong in the past and cannot match the experience offered by a totally original store which introduces the public to the aesthetic excitement of fine contemporary architecture.“

-Giorgio Armani

On: The shopping experience. On: The architecural excellence

Armani/5th Avenue
717 Fifth Ave at 56th St;
(212) 339-5950
Mon—Sat 10am—8pm; Sun noon—6pm